I mean people have been saying a crash is coming for years... Consumers recklessly purchased homes and cars at double their value, while relocating for remote work that was never long term in the eyes of their employer. Sounds like a receipt for disaster or a repeat of 2008- however, so much has changed since 2008... whatever happens, Black Swan! Hope "you" have your ducks in a row... As for AGI, lol. A box of matmuls isnt going to solve any real problems, so far, as you point out- is can barely write software. LLMs are basically gifted children. Smart sounding, lacking wisdom, chaotic, and likely just going to end up not that impressive. Either way- before we ever see AGI, we better get our heads out of the holes of the wealthy and enact UBI...

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mikkupikku 14 hours ago | parent [-]

> I mean people have been saying a crash is coming for years

The internet working didn't make the Dotcom bubble not happen. Investors don't know anything about the new investment space and most of them are going to get hosed eventually. It's going to happen, and it'll be bad for people who are betting on it not happening.

> A box of matmuls isnt going to solve any real problems, so far, as you point out- is can barely write software

Code monkey cope.

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spacecadet 12 hours ago | parent [-]

What cope? I work in AI, write code with AI, promote the use of AI... Im just a pragmatic realist man. Not a delusional cool aid drinker...

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mikkupikku 10 hours ago | parent [-]

You're coping. Two years ago they could barely write software. These days they do it just fine.

	▲	bigstrat2003 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They do not in fact do it just fine. That's why it's utterly laughable to suggest that they can lead to AGI. They can't even do the one thing they are supposed to be good at, even after years of effort.